I'm looking for a second more practical vehicle to compliment my summer car, primarily for winter driving. The Stinger is at the top of my list for the obvious reasons (power, cargo space, rear legroom, warranty), I'm interested in the Limited/GT2. At the moment I have no winter vehicle. I am in Canada so all the vehicles come equipped with AWD.
I took a test drive in a GT-Line base model and was quite impressed considering it was only the base model. My local dealership only had the one Stinger but told me they had a GT Limited that was recently ordered but not in the colour I'd like. I don't like blacks, whites and greys and my other car is already red so I want the blue. The salesman told me he would let me know when it was in so I could take a look to see if the Limited is the trim for me.
From what I can tell there's only one new GT Limited in blue in the entire country sitting on the lot. I really liked the base model so I really doubt I'm going to dislike the Limited so I'm debating asking the dealer to just find me one in Atomic Blue rather then waiting for the wrong coloured one to show up at the dealership just to look at it and say yep I like it now go find me one in blue.
First question is if I were to ask for a blue, how long would it take to receive the car? Is Kia's ordering process different then others? I'm used to placing factory orders to customize my car's but I know some manufacturers, like Honda, don't allow this. My salesman mentioned they get their vehicles from compound, which from my understanding is basically just a big stock of vehicles that sits in Vancouver. When a dealer asks for a car with certain options or colours it is pulled from the compound and shipped. At least this was my understanding but what happens if the car isn't in compound?
Second question is about a battery tender. I do not daily drive my vehicles, I take public transportation to work, as such the Stinger may only see 5k miles a year if it's lucky, most of which will be winter driving. I usually end up using my car's for something once a week but due to winter temps I don't like the idea of it sitting outside slowly killing the battery for many days until I go to use it, especially as the battery gets to 3+ years old. My town is also pretty small and most of my drives are 10minutes within the city and a 400km highway round trip once a month to see family. The car won't be in the garage as that's where my second vehicle is stored. Is there a hard wired connector to stick a tender to like some vehicles have, usually in the trunk, or do you have to actually clip a tender to the batteries positive and negative terminals?
Third question, what winter tire/wheel setup are people going with. I will more then likely get a set from the dealership to swap onto the car on delivery since the car comes with summer tires and its December. Is anyone downsizing the wheel size or just keeping the same setup?
Fourth question, how is the AWD for the winter, I've read the split is 40-60 front rear in comfort mode and 20-80 in sport, is this accurate or is that just for the GTS trim? I get a lot of lake effect where I live and the highways can be pretty terrifying during winter not to mention my city is pretty bad at plowing side streets. I used to have winter tires on a RWD car and during a snowfall it was hell until 24-48 hours later when the plows came by. I know AWD will help but I also know every system is different and not to blindly go "AWD good" so I'd like to be sure on how torque is split across the front and rear wheels in each drive mode.
Thanks for the help guys.
I took a test drive in a GT-Line base model and was quite impressed considering it was only the base model. My local dealership only had the one Stinger but told me they had a GT Limited that was recently ordered but not in the colour I'd like. I don't like blacks, whites and greys and my other car is already red so I want the blue. The salesman told me he would let me know when it was in so I could take a look to see if the Limited is the trim for me.
From what I can tell there's only one new GT Limited in blue in the entire country sitting on the lot. I really liked the base model so I really doubt I'm going to dislike the Limited so I'm debating asking the dealer to just find me one in Atomic Blue rather then waiting for the wrong coloured one to show up at the dealership just to look at it and say yep I like it now go find me one in blue.
First question is if I were to ask for a blue, how long would it take to receive the car? Is Kia's ordering process different then others? I'm used to placing factory orders to customize my car's but I know some manufacturers, like Honda, don't allow this. My salesman mentioned they get their vehicles from compound, which from my understanding is basically just a big stock of vehicles that sits in Vancouver. When a dealer asks for a car with certain options or colours it is pulled from the compound and shipped. At least this was my understanding but what happens if the car isn't in compound?
Second question is about a battery tender. I do not daily drive my vehicles, I take public transportation to work, as such the Stinger may only see 5k miles a year if it's lucky, most of which will be winter driving. I usually end up using my car's for something once a week but due to winter temps I don't like the idea of it sitting outside slowly killing the battery for many days until I go to use it, especially as the battery gets to 3+ years old. My town is also pretty small and most of my drives are 10minutes within the city and a 400km highway round trip once a month to see family. The car won't be in the garage as that's where my second vehicle is stored. Is there a hard wired connector to stick a tender to like some vehicles have, usually in the trunk, or do you have to actually clip a tender to the batteries positive and negative terminals?
Third question, what winter tire/wheel setup are people going with. I will more then likely get a set from the dealership to swap onto the car on delivery since the car comes with summer tires and its December. Is anyone downsizing the wheel size or just keeping the same setup?
Fourth question, how is the AWD for the winter, I've read the split is 40-60 front rear in comfort mode and 20-80 in sport, is this accurate or is that just for the GTS trim? I get a lot of lake effect where I live and the highways can be pretty terrifying during winter not to mention my city is pretty bad at plowing side streets. I used to have winter tires on a RWD car and during a snowfall it was hell until 24-48 hours later when the plows came by. I know AWD will help but I also know every system is different and not to blindly go "AWD good" so I'd like to be sure on how torque is split across the front and rear wheels in each drive mode.
Thanks for the help guys.
